mining, resort and resort development, recreation, petroleum, etc. Lobregat, always seen in public wearing kimona and patadyong, was among three female representatives who figured prominently in the protest actions against the creation of the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD) in 1996. She, along with then South Cotabato representatives Luwalhati Antonino and Daisy Fuentes, were referred to by the media as “Tres Marias.” Lobregat was a harsh critic of Moro National Liberation Front chair Nur Misuari, insisted that the controversial coconut levy funds were private funds; campaigned against the inclusion of her city in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the 1989 and 2001 plebiscite; ordered the Filipino deportees from Sabah in 2002 to be “screened” before entering her city, opposed the transfer of the regional seat from Zamboanga City to Pagadian City and was an avid supporter of the joint US-RP military exercise, Balikatan. Personal life Lobregat met her husband, Celso Lobregat in a volunteer work at the Remedios Hospital at Malate, Manila. They wed on January 30, 1945, and had six children. Tragedy struck when her husband was killed in a plane crash in May 1968. Her first son, Celso Lobregat, became representative to the former lone district of Zamboanga City in 1998 and later the Mayor of Zamboanga City in 2004 until 2013. Death She died of cardiac arrest at 11:30 p.m. January 2, 2004, at the Makati Medical Center. Her remains were brought in the Zamboanga Metropolitan Cathedral. Her remains were finally rested at the Manila Memorial Park. She was succeeded by Vice-Mayor Erico Basilio Fabian as Zamboanga City Mayor. Her son, Celso L. Lobregat was elected City Mayor in the 2004 local elections. References 1921 births 2004 deaths Cebuano people People from Zamboanga City Visayan people Women members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines Members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from Zamboanga City Women mayors of places in the Philippines Mayors of Zamboanga City Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino politicians Burials at the Manila Memorial Park – Sucat 20th-century Filipino women politicians 20th-century Filipino politicians